Credits:
Steve Sasson, Kodak engineer (Photokina 2010) — Photo by Aljawad / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
Photo by Futurebobbers / Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — film ecosystem, not the 1975 prototype.
Kodak didn’t miss digital.
1975: Sasson built a portable, self-contained electronic still camera at Kodak. Patented 1978; prototype not sold.
Digital products followed; mid-2000s U.S. share lead. Lasting consumer win still slipped away.
Inventing ≠ owning the market.
Credits:
Steve Sasson, Kodak engineer (Photokina 2010) — Photo by Aljawad / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
Photo by Futurebobbers / Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — film ecosystem, not the 1975 prototype.
Kodak built a portable electronic still camera in 1975.
The meme says they buried digital forever.
The record is more interesting — and more useful for anyone building inside a profitable legacy business.
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ChangeLore lesson: inventing the future is not the same as owning the market that follows — especially when the old profit model still works.
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